wafer
IPA: wˈeɪfɝ
noun
- A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
- (Christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
- A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
- (electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
verb
- (transitive) To seal or fasten with a wafer.
Examples of "wafer" in Sentences
- The wafer is the round disc in the middle.
- The wafers are then stopped by the suction of the vacuum.
- It is depraved to call for the death of anyone over a wafer.
- A wafer marker is described for aligning masks with the wafer.
- The wafer is then bonded to a second similarly processed wafer.
- The testing of the wafer in this process is also known as wafer sort.
- The abrasive element is preferably fixidly secured to the wafer chuck.
- An electrical discharge is applied to a wafer mounted in a wafer holder.
- The orientation of the wafer is defined by the location of the wafer flat.
- A step of etching and passivating the edges of the wafer is also disclosed.